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Proverbs 7:7–10

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7And beheld among the isimple ones,

I discerned among †the youths,

A young man kvoid of understanding,

8Passing through the lstreet near mher corner;

And he went the way to her house,

9In the ntwilight, †in the evening,

In the oblack and dark night:

10And, behold, oothere met him a woman

With pthe attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

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Footnotes

  1. iSee ch. 1:4.
  2. †Heb. the sons.
  3. kSee ch. 6:32.
  4. lEccles. 12:4, 5. Cant. 3:2 only.
  5. mver. 12.
  6. nJob 24:15. Comp. Ecclus. 23:18, 19.
  7. †Heb. in the evening of the day.
  8. oSo ch. 20:20 (Heb.).
  9. pPs. 73:6 (Heb.). Comp. Gen. 38:14.

Cross references

  1. ooEcclus. 9:3.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and I have seen among the simple,

I have perceived among the youths,

a young man lacking sense,

passing along the street near her corner,

taking the road to her house

in the twilight, in the evening,

at the time of night and darkness.

And behold, the woman meets him,

dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I saw among the simple,

I noticed among the young men,

a youth who had no sense.

He was going down the street near her corner,

walking along in the direction of her house

at twilight, as the day was fading,

as the dark of night set in.

Then out came a woman to meet him,

dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I saw among the inexperienced,

I noticed among the youths,

a young man lacking sense.

Crossing the street near her corner,

he strolled down the road to her house

at twilight, in the evening,

in the dark of the night.

A woman came to meet him

dressed like a prostitute,

having a hidden agenda.

NLTNew Living Translation

I saw some naive young men,

and one in particular who lacked common sense.

He was crossing the street near the house of an immoral woman,

strolling down the path by her house.

It was at twilight, in the evening,

as deep darkness fell.

The woman approached him,

seductively dressed and sly of heart.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I saw among the simple,

I observed among the youth,

a young man lacking sense,

passing on the street at her corner,

and he takes the road to her house,

at twilight, at the day’s evening,

in the midst of night and the darkness.

Then behold! A woman comes to meet him

with the garment of a prostitute and a secret heart.